Artificial intelligence enables whole-body positron emission tomography scans with minimal radiation exposure.

Journal: European journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging
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Abstract

PURPOSE: To generate diagnostic F-FDG PET images of pediatric cancer patients from ultra-low-dose F-FDG PET input images, using a novel artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm.

Authors

  • Yan-Ran Joyce Wang
    Department of Radiology, Molecular Imaging Program at Stanford, Stanford University, 725 Welch Road, CA, 94304, Stanford, USA.
  • Lucia Baratto
    Department of Radiology, Molecular Imaging Program at Stanford, Stanford University, 725 Welch Road, CA, 94304, Stanford, USA.
  • K Elizabeth Hawk
    Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA.
  • Ashok J Theruvath
    Department of Radiology, Molecular Imaging Program at Stanford, Stanford University, 725 Welch Road, CA, 94304, Stanford, USA.
  • Allison Pribnow
    Department of Pediatrics, Pediatric Oncology, Lucile Packard Children's Hospital, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, 94304, USA.
  • Avnesh S Thakor
    Interventional Radiology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, USA.
  • Sergios Gatidis
    Department of Radiology, Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Eberhard Karls University Tübingen, Germany.
  • Rong Lu
    Quantitative Sciences Unit, School of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, 94304, USA.
  • Santosh E Gummidipundi
    Quantitative Sciences Unit, School of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, 94304, USA.
  • Jordi Garcia-Diaz
    Department of Radiology, Molecular Imaging Program at Stanford, Stanford University, 725 Welch Road, CA, 94304, Stanford, USA.
  • Daniel Rubin
    Department of Radiology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.
  • Heike E Daldrup-Link
    Department of Radiology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, United States of America.